Press Release

Committee Advances Good Government Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a markup to consider eight pieces of legislation along with three postal naming bills. The following actions were taken by the Committee:

The bill, as amended, passed by recorded vote (21-16) and was reported favorably to the House.

The bill, as reported, clarifies agencies’ authority under the Federal Information Security Management Act by stating the heads of federal agencies have “sole and exclusive authority” to take action to secure their information technology networks – without being required to first provide unions with the opportunity to bargain.

H.R. 4392, to amend title 5, United States Code, to require the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees (Rep. Ross, R-FL);

Jody Hice (R-GA) offered an ANS which was agreed to by voice vote and the bill, as amended, was reported favorably to the House.

The bill, as reported, requires the Office of Personnel Management to submit a detailed report to Congress on the use of official time.

Requires agencies to publish information on their websites about settlements entered into regarding alleged violations of criminal or civil law, and settlements entered into to settle allegations of federal agencies violating laws requiring the promulgation of regulations.

H.R. 3866, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1265 Hurffville Road in Deptford Township, New Jersey, as the “First Lieutenant Salvatore S. Corma II Post Office Building” (Rep. Norcross, D-NJ);

H.R. 4605, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 615 6th Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the “Sgt. 1st Class Terryl L. Pasker Post Office Building” (Rep. Blum, R-IA); and

H.R. 4372, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 Rochester Street, Bergen, New York, as the “Barry G. Miller Post Office” (Rep. Collins, R-NY).